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Le Bourget, France—Lockheed Martin is feeling bullish on the future of the F-35, said Lorraine Martin, the company’s F-35 executive vice president, here on Monday on the first day of the 51st Paris Air Show. The company anticipates the strike...

Le Bourget, France—Efficiencies and process improvements are helping Lockheed Martin to reach its goal of being able to offer the F-35 strike fighter at a unit cost around $80 million in a few years, said company F-35 Executive Vice President...

Le Bourget, France—Part of Lockheed Martin’s aggressive strategy to lower the F-35’s unit cost involves the “blueprint for affordability,” said company F-35 Executive Vice President Lorraine Martin on Monday at the Paris Air Show. Rolled out last year, the goal...

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian presented SSgt. Greggory Swarz the Legion d’Honneur medal on Monday, honoring Swarz for risking his life to save three French airmen during a deadly aircraft accident in Spain in January. “He did not hesitate...

Paris—The KC-46 is the “right solution” to meet South Korea’s aerial refueling tanker requirement, said Boeing executives at the company’s office here on the eve of the 51st Paris Air Show. The KC-46 fits all the receivers in the South...

Paris—Although the Air Force has cut back its F-15 inventory, there is “rising” potential for adding capabilities to “some number” of its remaining F-15s, said Chris Raymond, vice president for business development and strategy in Boeing’s defense unit. Because of...

The Defense Department has made progress in modernizing its nuclear command, control, and communications enterprise, but capability gaps and deficiencies remain, announced the Government Accountability Office. For example, “development of key satellite communication terminals for strategic bomber aircraft has been...

Defense Department forensic scientists identified the remains of 2nd Lt. Jimmie D. Collins III, 22, of Sylacauga, Ala., an airman missing in action since World War II, announced the Pentagon. They are returning Collins’ remains to his family for burial...

An HC-130P Combat King rescue tanker joined the heritage airpark at Moody AFB, Ga., representing one of the base’s important, but previously absent, missions on display. The aircraft, serial number 65-0988, was “part of eight different rescue squadrons over the...